Vocabulary WOrds:

endangered

Scavenging Raptor

Prey

Incubation

Predator

Predatory Raptors

Talons

Fledgling

Life Cycle

Carcass

Raptor: a bird of prey (i.e. eagle, hawk, falcon, owl, vulture)Prey: an animal that is hunted or killed for foodPredator: an animal that lives on killing and eating other animalsLife cycle: the series of changes in the life of an organism (living thing)Incubation: the process of letting embryos grow inside of eggsFledgling: a young bird that has just become able to flyTalons: claws that belong to a birdCarcass: the dead body of an animalPredatory raptor: a bird that hunts and eats living animalsScavenging raptor: a bird that feeds on dead animalsEndangered: seriously at risk of extinction